Fungal Keratitis Caused By Epicoccum Sorghi - A Case Report
A 40 year old male presented with redness, pain and watering in his right eye since 3 days. He did not give any history of ocular trauma. A slit lamp evaluation showed a corneal ulcer with feathery margins suggestive of fungal keratitis which was confirmed by microscopic evaluation of the corneal sm...
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| author | Lakshey Dudeja Jeganathan Lakshmipriya R Karpagam N Venkatesh Prajna Lalitha Prajna |
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| description | A 40 year old male presented with redness, pain and watering in his right eye since 3 days. He did not give any history of ocular trauma. A slit lamp evaluation showed a corneal ulcer with feathery margins suggestive of fungal keratitis which was confirmed by microscopic evaluation of the corneal smear. The species of the organism could not be identified by conventional phenotypic methods. A subsequent DNA sequencing identified it to be Epicoccum sorghi, a known plant pathogen. The keratitis healed with topical voriconazole (1%) eye drops in about 4 weeks with a residual scar. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ad12e5ae7f0a4e0a832df23df0d218a72025-08-20T02:10:57ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology0972-02002454-27842016-10-0127212112310.7869/djo.223Fungal Keratitis Caused By Epicoccum Sorghi - A Case ReportLakshey DudejaJeganathan LakshmipriyaR KarpagamN Venkatesh PrajnaLalitha PrajnaA 40 year old male presented with redness, pain and watering in his right eye since 3 days. He did not give any history of ocular trauma. A slit lamp evaluation showed a corneal ulcer with feathery margins suggestive of fungal keratitis which was confirmed by microscopic evaluation of the corneal smear. The species of the organism could not be identified by conventional phenotypic methods. A subsequent DNA sequencing identified it to be Epicoccum sorghi, a known plant pathogen. The keratitis healed with topical voriconazole (1%) eye drops in about 4 weeks with a residual scar.https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.223unidentified fungiepicoccum sorghinovel fungal keratitisfungal keratitis |
| spellingShingle | Lakshey Dudeja Jeganathan Lakshmipriya R Karpagam N Venkatesh Prajna Lalitha Prajna Fungal Keratitis Caused By Epicoccum Sorghi - A Case Report Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology unidentified fungi epicoccum sorghi novel fungal keratitis fungal keratitis |
| title | Fungal Keratitis Caused By Epicoccum Sorghi - A Case Report |
| title_full | Fungal Keratitis Caused By Epicoccum Sorghi - A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Fungal Keratitis Caused By Epicoccum Sorghi - A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungal Keratitis Caused By Epicoccum Sorghi - A Case Report |
| title_short | Fungal Keratitis Caused By Epicoccum Sorghi - A Case Report |
| title_sort | fungal keratitis caused by epicoccum sorghi a case report |
| topic | unidentified fungi epicoccum sorghi novel fungal keratitis fungal keratitis |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.223 |
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